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gift  tfyat  fyeav)en  gi\)es  for  tym." 


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no   success, 


unknown   seaman,   Christopher   Columbus, 
first   Went   to   rung   £)ofyn   th/e   Second,   of   Portugal,   and  told  fyim  of 
belief  in   tfye  Wonderful   land   in   tf?e  ($est,   offering  to   go   upon 
Ooyage    of    discovery.        But    tfye    King   declined    fyis    offer    and 

Columbus  tfyen   Went    to    tl^e    courts    at   @enoa    and   Venice,    meeting 

'  •  -  .-^;  •  5 

sent   l^is   brother   Bart^olpm'eW.  to   present   fyis 
case  to  {fenry  tl?e   §e\^entl7,   of   England, 

«    .'"    •*        * 

W^ile   fy'fc  ^sailed   for   Sbain.. 

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"•pe  l^ad^' in  a   manner,   to  be<5 

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s    Way    from    court    to    court,    to 
offer  to   princes  tfye    discovery  of 

a    World."          0$asf?ington 


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"09ouldst  %>u  fyatfe  me  go  and  beg?" 


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v^bout  fyalf  a  league  from  Palos,  on  a  solitary 
height  overlooking  tfye  sea-coast  and  surrounded  by  a  forest  of 
pine  trees,  tfyere  stood,  and  stands 


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at  tlje   present  day,    a0«rancien|f, 

"      '•-,  ;*vf'-, 

consent  of  pranciscarv^fi^f^ 


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dedicated   to   §anta   Msfffa  de   l^:aSida. 

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©A  stranger,   traOe'Hin,|  on   foot,- 

accomjDanied   by   a  young   boy,   stepped   one 

at  tfye   gate  of  tf?e   consent,   and   asked   of  tfye   porter  a  little  bread 

and    Water    for    fyis    cfyild    .......   ipljat    stranger    Was   Columbus 

accompanied   by  fyis  young  son   Diego."     ling's  bife  of  Columbus. 


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"©  ttys  learning!   Wfyat  a  ttyng  it  is!"     Taming  of  ti?e 


inand   of 

in   listened   to   tfye   ideas   of 
Columbus,   and,   bein£   a   cautious^ 
monarcfy,   called   a   meeting 
of   learned   men   to   discuss 
ttye   question,     fpfye   conference 
Was   l]eld   in   tl?e   consent   of   §t.  itejafyen, 
at   Salamanca. 

u^  t}?e  navigator  argued   Well,    and   boldly  presented 
l?is   case,    tf?e   council   could   not   belietfe   t[?e   eartl?   to   be   round,    and 

in^  definite  eOer  came  of  it. 


by  t^ecc a ^ier, 


not    lose    by    it."          gaming  of  %  §t?rew. 


Columbus   Was  on   tl?e   point  of  lea\)in£ 
Spain,   Weary   and   disheartened   Witfy   fyis   fruitless   quest. 

fte   !?ad   arrived   at  tfye   Bri^d.^,  of  Pinos,   near  t^at  city, 
a   courier  from   ^ueen   Isabella  v-. 


- :.•'. 
o  V  e  r  t  o  o  R   1?  i  m  : ,% , 

"  - '  • '  • ,"  •    .     ..  -x 

and   requested  .tym 
to   return,  to 


rjAtas   informe'd 

',  .  '-•  .-    ;- -  . '  • 

^  §  u  e  e  n 

positively   undertaken 
enterprise. 


mafce  a  good  vto^age  of  nothing."      <pweift»? 


er    mucfy   delay   in   procuring 
tfye   Vessels   and   creWs,    C^ristojD^er 
Columbus   set   sail   from   tfye   port 
of  Palos,   on   ^riday,  <Mugust  §rd? 
is   barque,    or  CaraOel,    Was 

anta  Maria,         and   accompanying 

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l?im   Were   tfye  CaraOels   Pinta   and   )4ina.    ^-^'W^ole   number  of  per 
sons   t^at  sailed   Was  one   fyundred   and   twenty. 

Eoer^)  one  Wfyo  Watched  tl?e  s^ips  sail   Was  terror-stricken,   be- 
lieOing  f^at  tfye  Uo^agers  Would  neOer  return  from  tfye  Onl^noWn  §ea. 


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"1st  real,  tfyat  1  see?"      «Ws  Weil. 


't  Was   a   lontf   \7oyatfe   to   Columbus, 

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netfer    once    lost    faitfy,    but    it   Was   eOe.n   lo-nger  to  tfye  sailors 
openly    defied    tfyeir    Commander,    and  \tjjreatened    to    turn    bad?    to 


pain,      ©ne   ni^fyt,    as   Columbus   Watd^d   on   decft,    be'^aW   a   li 

o  '  -  .-•  >      •     „-  • 

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from   afar,   and   believed   t^at  fye 

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come  to   land,   and   at  two   o'clock 

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'    '  t.  -"'  t 


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in   t^e   morning   a   ^un  from  tfye   pinta  -'^ 

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Verified   fyis   belief. 


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t^e  daWn   of  day   a  large 
and   beautiful   island   burst 
upon  tfyeir  sigfyt. 


/**"' 

(olumbu5 


October  312?    H92 


"1  am  in  £ood  name  and  fame." 


iv.,  sd  part. 


IV 

Wn   landing,   Columbus   threw 
Himself    upon    his    fcnees,    Kissed    \\\e  earth,    and   returned   thanks  to 


@od   With  tears   of  joy.      (phis    example    Was    followed    by    his   com- 

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panions   .   .   .  V.    Columbus^  rising  drew    his    sWord,    displayed    the 

VL  t      -TtVT>-        <&    •'    ^?t    ?  *• 

'   '  i.*'    ;     £„,   •   '  ' 

A-'^P^'   standard,  and   tool?  possession, 

- '    • 

7         -  --.TV,'.  --•-•    •  •"•"-•-.'-->"-  . 


'**  -' 


• 


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in   tfye   names   of 
Castillian   soUere 

t^e   island 
name   of 
Salvador." 

in^'s  bifc  of  Columbus. 


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gods    mafte    this    a    happy    day."       tflnflprty  and  Cleopatra. 

natives  of  the  island,  When  at  the  daWn 
of  day,  they  beheld  the  ships  holering  on  the  coast,  had  supposed 
them  s<%e  monsters  Which  had  issued 

from   the  deep  during  the  ni 

••& 

0$hen  the  strangers  approa 
fled  to  the  Woods,  but  gradually 
grew  bolder,  until  they  came  and 
examined  the  navigators  closely, 
submitted  to  their  touch  Without  question,  fphe  saOages  noW  sup 
posed  that  the  ships  had  sailed  out  of  the  crystal  firmament  Which 
bounded  their  horizon,  or  that  they  descended  from  above  on  their 
ample  Wings. 


Wonders    of    tf?e    World    abroad."       T^o  (Sentlemen  of  Verona. 


. 


V^vfter  a  \)ery   stormy  Uoyage  the  Admiral 

Columbus,    With    his    single  ship,    anchored  in  the   riOer  ^agus,    op 
posite  l^astello,  on  March 
"(Phe  tidings  of  this  Wonderful   barK.     ^ 

\     •  ~j  I  v»«-^  f 

freighted   With   the   people   and   pro-    .  "4l^|3|^ti 

«  -- 

ductions  of  a   neWly   dis- 

coOered  World,  filled   all   foisbon   Wi- 
kL  i   /     astonishment,      for  several  days  the 

gus  Was  coOered   With  boats  and  barges  going 
to  and  from  it." 


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Kecepno-r? 

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joy    for    tys    return."       ^itus  ^Indronicus. 


'polumbus 

received   a   Wonderful   oOation   at 
Barcelona.      §ix  Indians   accompanied 
fyim,  and   a   large   body   of  §panisl? 
cavaliers  acted   as  ,an   escort.  ' 

•   •  '  •  .j  • 

/.•--'.    i. 

r\  i  n  g  a  n  d  -  §  u  e  e  n 


tl^eir  throne   placed   in   public,   under   a   canopy   of  gold, 
a,jid,   as   Columbus  approached,  tl]e   sovereigns 

rose   and   greeted   fyim   almost  as 
an   equal. 


• 


"§o  appears  tfyis  fleet  majestical." 


v. 


departure 

of  Columbus  on   tyis   second 
Ooya^e    of  discovery  presented  a 
brilliant  contrast  to  fyis  gloomy 
embarkation  at  Palos.      ©n  tr/e 

of  September,   (1/f9§),  at  tfye  daWn   of  day,   tf^e  bay  of  Cadi? 


Was  Whitened   by   ^is  fleet, 

Were  t^ree   lar^e  sfyips   of 

^ea\)y   burden,  and 
fourteencaraOels. 


"09e  fyavte  no  temple  but  tfye  Wood."     <*AS  ^>ou  bite  it. 


*£)ne   of 

caramels   Was   shipwrecked 
upon   tfye   island   of  fHspaniola* 
on  tfye   ni£l?t  of  December 
fpfye   creW   and   Columbus  Were  rescued 
on   Cfyrisim    -   Da^,   and  for  J^at  reason 
l?e    called    iqe    place    ba    )4aOidad,    or    ^r^e    )4atiOity.      ®A    fort    Was 

built    from    ttye    Wreck,    and    thirty-nine    men    Were    left    in    cfyar^e 

.: 

until  Columbus  could  return  to  §pain.  ^p^is  Was  t^e  first  Colony 
in  eAmerica,  but  tl|e  colonists  all  died,  or  Were  killed  before  tfye 
sl^ips  returned. 


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OUt    Witty    [fortune."       /proilus  and  Cressida. 


le   Columbus   Was   in   ttye   fleW 
C^orld   upon   tyis  ttyird   Voyage,   a 
commissioner  Was  sent  from 
§pain   to   investigate   tyis   conduct 
relative   to   ttye   sla\)er^   of  ttye 

Indians,      ^tyis   commissioner, 
Don  prancisco  de   Bobadilla,   jalaced 
Columbus  in   chains,   and   so  sent  tyim  to   §pain.      Immediately   upon 
tyis  arrival  Columbus  Was  received   by  tyis  sovereigns,  Wtyo  promised 
to   restore   tyim   to  rank  and  Vindicate  tyis  tyonor  in   every  W 


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l7onor  and  renoWn."     «^s  ^>ou  biKe  it. 

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/^"vfter   l?is   fourtty   v)oya^e   and 

return  to  §pain,  Columbus  Was  neglected  by  tfye  Court,  fyis  patron, 
Isabella,  bein£  ill.  aAfter  ^er  deat^  fye  Was  unnoticed  by  t^e 
Kin£,  and  on  t^e  20fl?  of  Marcfy,  1506,  a^ed  about  seventy  years, 
l7e  passed  aWay. 

•pfre   Was   first   buried   at 
Valladolid,   §»bain,  then   in   tl?e 

^r^4:  • 

cathedral   of  t^e   city   of  §an   Domingo, 
{iispaniola.      ©Afterwards  tfye  body 
Was   conveyed  to  jiaOana   and   buried 

much  pomp   in  tfye   cathedral  t^ere,   on   December  20^,  1795. 


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